(77 ) 



Examined: 1 cf ad., Verissimo, 2 S <S fere ad., Rio Paraiu'i, 1 <S jr.. South- 

 eastern Brazil, all in the Vienna Musenm ; 14 (j"(J ad. et. imm., 3 ? ?, Sertao de 

 Diamantina, Miiia.s ; 1 d", 1 ? ad., Rio Jorduo ; 7 <?<?, ex. "Rio" coll.— 

 Brit. Mus. 



(6) T. eriphile baeri Hellm. 



(?. Smaller: wing 53|— 66 ; tail 34— 38 mm. Forehead glittering green as 

 in T. e. eriphile. Under tail-coverts pure white, occasionally some of the smaller 

 ones with slight di.scs of bluish black or bronze-green. 



?. Smaller: wing 51— 53 ; tail 31— 32 mm. 



Hub. Central Brazil. Goyaz : City of Goyaz, Faz. Esperan9a, Leopoldina 

 (Baer), Araguay (Natterer). Mattogrosso : Chapada (Smith), Engenho do Gama 

 (Natterer). Eastern Bolivia : Chiquitos, Mojos (D'Orbigny). 



List of specimens : tide supra. 



(f) T. balzani Sim. 



S. Smaller : wing 52— 54^ ; tail 32—36 mm. Forehead dull dark bronze- 

 green, like the vertex and back. Under tail-coverts white, occasionally some of 

 the shorter ones with small discs of bluish black. 



?. Smaller : wing 50—53; tail 29—31 mm. 



Hab. Northern Bolivia : Reyes, Salinas on the Rio Beni (H. Stuart). Northern 

 Brazil : Borba on the Rio Madeira (fiotfmanns). 



128. Colibri serrirostris (Vieill.). 



Trochiiiis serrirostris Vieillot, Analyse Oniith. p. 69 (1816.—" Brii.sil "). 

 Petasophora serrirostris Pelzeln, I.e. p. 28 (Goyaz). 



Nos. 1823, 1831. cJ ad., ?, Faz. Esperan^a, January, February 1906. 

 129. Anthracothorax nigricollis nigricoUis (Vieill.). 



Trochilus nigrieollis Vieillot, None. Diet. vii. p. 349 (1817.—" Brt-sil '). 

 Lampornis mango (aec Linn.) Pelzeln, I.e. p. 28 (Goiaz). 



Nos. 2251, 2286-92, 2341 iw. J c? ad. (some in moult), ??, Leopoldina, 

 June and July 1906. 



130. Heliactin bilophum (Temm.). 



Trochiiiis bilophus Temminck, Ree. PI. col. livr. 3 tab. 18. fig. 3 (Oct, 1820.—" Bri'sil "). 

 Trochilus cornutiis Wied, Reise Brasil. (edit, in 4°) ii. p. 190 (1821.— Interior of Baliia). 

 Heliactin cornuta Pelzeln, Znr Ornith. Bras. i. 1867. p. 32 (Goiaz). 



Nos. \%mbis, 1908. (J(? ad. ; Nos. 1909, 2029. ¥ ? ad., Goyaz, March 1906. 

 Nos. 2153, 2156. Si ad.; Nos. 2154, 2182. ? ? , Rio Thesonras, May 1906. 

 Nos. 1825, 1826, 1828. SS ad., Faz. Esperan^a, Rio Uruhu, January and 

 February 1906. 



This series agrees perfectly with specimens from Minas Geraes and Bahia. 



131. Heliomaster furcifer (Shaw). 



Trochihis Furcifer Shaw, Gen. Zoul. 8. i. p. 280 (1811. — ex Azara : Paraguay). 

 Heliomaster Regis Pelzeln, I.e. p. 30 (Goiaz). 



No. 2318. ? ad., Leopoldina, July 1906. 



Agrees with specimens from Paraguay and Argentine. 



